NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
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NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
I mean, sometimes, its just window of opportunity. The price is right, the guitar is right, everything is right.
I was on vacation with my wife in California, mindin' my own, when THIS gem popped outta no where.
(Well, it wasnt like I didnt have my eyes open for something, after all )
A '63 Firebird III, 100% original guitar, original case, it plays like a friggin' monster, it sounds like a friggin' monster, AND... even wifey likes it.
How does someone with severe G.A.S. say no to all that???
(I cant).
Its pretty serious thru that Tone King.
I was on vacation with my wife in California, mindin' my own, when THIS gem popped outta no where.
(Well, it wasnt like I didnt have my eyes open for something, after all )
A '63 Firebird III, 100% original guitar, original case, it plays like a friggin' monster, it sounds like a friggin' monster, AND... even wifey likes it.
How does someone with severe G.A.S. say no to all that???
(I cant).
Its pretty serious thru that Tone King.
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Re: NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
Likey!
Now of course, you need to explain to the wife that you need a blonde Explorer to sit next to it!
Now of course, you need to explain to the wife that you need a blonde Explorer to sit next to it!
So I like purple, okay!!!!!!
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Re: NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
Or just a blonde
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Re: NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
Had to be EXPENSIVE ! So what did you end up paying for it ?
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Re: NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
Nice guitar, and the Toneking caught my eye as well. Wish I could afford his Transformer Coupled attenuator... I heard they are amazing... but $850 ouch
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Well, I guess its gonna sound like a lot, like if I had bought a new production guitar (PRS, new LP, etc), but comparatively to what very clean first year Firebirds sell for, IMO, it was almost a bargain.Tone Slinger wrote:Had to be EXPENSIVE ! So what did you end up paying for it ?
$5,500.00 out the door. I've seen modded, or broken headstock original '64-'65 FB's sell for more than that, and clean, original '63 FB III's go between 7-10k, so considering how nice this one is, and how awesome it plays and sounds (and I mean awesome), I guess with the whole vacation in Cali, and the approval my my dear wife (LOVE YA, BB!!!) I just couldnt walk away from this one. Im gonna sell off a few pieces to make it up some of the money, but Im absolutely in love with this guitar. Even unplugged, if someones playing it in the living room you can hear it in adjoining rooms of the house!!
I think you can count on pretty much ANYTHING from Mark Bartell at Tone King to be amazing. His amps are absolute monster killers, pretty much squarely rooted in the Fender camp, but with the "Mid-Bite" cranked, it definitely has some old Plexi in there as well.mightymike wrote:Nice guitar, and the Toneking caught my eye as well. Wish I could afford his Transformer Coupled attenuator... I heard they are amazing... but $850 ouch
Its become one of my favorite amps.
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There's no Highway 61 runnin' through Cali ?
Super nice score ! Love them'there banjo tuners !
Super nice score ! Love them'there banjo tuners !
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Re: NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
Phil, that is a good price Then I'd say. Cool looks, along with all that glorious Mahogany (probably Honduran too huh ?) A REAL deal Gibson for sure .
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Re: NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
fillmore nyc wrote: I was on vacation with my wife in California, mindin' my own, .
And you didn't stop by, Bro???????????
NICE 'Bird!! Where, Norm's?
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Re: NGD!! (New Guitar Day) B-B-B-Bird is the word!!
Thanks!! I was up north around San Fran... Santa Cruz, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, etc. Never been to Norms.NY Chief wrote:fillmore nyc wrote: I was on vacation with my wife in California, mindin' my own, .
And you didn't stop by, Bro???????????
NICE 'Bird!! Where, Norm's?
If I was more south, I woulda rang you up, bro-man!!
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Well then you're forgiven.....this time.....fillmore nyc wrote:Thanks!! I was up north around San Fran... Santa Cruz, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, etc. Never been to Norms.NY Chief wrote:fillmore nyc wrote: I was on vacation with my wife in California, mindin' my own, .
And you didn't stop by, Bro???????????
NICE 'Bird!! Where, Norm's?
If I was more south, I woulda rang you up, bro-man!!
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Muchas gracias, señor.NY Chief wrote:Well then you're forgiven.....this time.....
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fillmore nyc wrote:Muchas gracias, señor.NY Chief wrote:Well then you're forgiven.....this time.....
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